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Item 2001 Labor Force Assessment Northeast Minnesota(University of Minnesota Duluth, 2001) Lichty, Richard W; Porett, Matthew; Moore, Scott; O'Brien, Maureen; McTavish, Donald G; Skurla, James A; Jacobson, Jean; Almquist-Minko, Vickie; Smith, Eric; Simonson, JeremyItem Cook County Winter Trail Use Study: Technical Report(University of Minnesota Duluth, 2003) Kreag, Glenn M; Skurla, James A; Lichty, Richard W; Jacobson, Jean; McTavish, Donald G; Barkataki, Malita; Paukner, AmberThe following technical report on the Cook County resident survey was developed as a part of the larger research project “Tourism and Winter Trail-based Recreation: An economic and environmental comparison of motor and quiet sports.” The project was designed to document and compare the impacts of snowmobiling and cross country skiing in a destination county. It will measure the economic impacts and assess the perceived social and environmental impacts of these activities. This study employed questionnaires with snowmobilers and cross country skiers and survey local residents in Cook County, Minnesota. An understanding of the differences between motor sports (snowmobiling) and a quiet sport (cross country skiing) is useful in planning future development, minimizing negative impacts, and improving marketing decisions.Item Cook County Winter Trail-based Visitor Study(University of Minnesota Duluth, 2003) Kreag, Glenn M; McTavish, Donald GMinnesota Sea Grant and the University of Minnesota Duluth Bureau of Business and Economic Research conducted the Cook County Winter Trail-based Visitor Study in the last quarter of 2002 (an atypical winter with little snow). Research assistants contacted a random sample of 162 households in Cook County, MN, by phone. A random adult in the home was asked a short set of questions about visitors who cross-country (x-c) ski and snowmobile in Cook County (65% cooperation). Additionally, 96 randomlychosen Cook County hospitality businesses were interviewed using the same questions (53% cooperation). The 51 business respondents and the residents, broken into two groups of 31 business owners or managers, and 74 non-business respondents, did not differ much in their perceptions of winter visitors. However, statistically significant differences in views are seen between respondents when grouped by their winter recreation participation (ski only, snowmobile only, both, and neither).Item Northeast Minnesota Skills Assessment(University of Minnesota Duluth, 1998) Lichty, Richard W; Jesswein, Wayne A; McTavish, Donald G; Jacobson, Jean; Amundsen, Sheilagh; Zelenak, Jennifer; Heyne, Mark; Barkataki, Monali; Barkataki, Sharad; Naimpally, Amrita; Frantzen, Ryan; Kukanich, SusanItem UMD Library Survey UPDATE 1998(University of Minnesota Duluth, 1998) Lichty, Richard W; McTavish, Donald G; Jacobson, Jean; Barkataki, Monali; Naimpally, Amrita; Kukanich, SusanAs in the 1997 survey, this 1998 survey of UMD undergraduates, graduate students, faculty, and staff suggests that the UMD Library is viewed very favorably and its services are found to be very useful. Conducted in the spring of 1998, this survey received 387 responses with an overall response rate of 32%, up slightly from 1997's 29% rate but especially low for undergraduates (10%). The potential response bias means that responses should be taken as suggestive rather than definitive for these four stakeholder groups. As before, this survey was mailed with follow-up to a stratified random sample of each group (all graduate students were included). The questionnaire was slightly modified from the one used in 1997; however, most items remained identical for comparison of the two years. The results are summarized in six tables.Item Under, Over, and Mismatched Skills Employment in Northeast Minnesota(University of Minnesota Duluth, 2005) Skurla, James A; Lichty, Richard W; O'Brien, Maureen; McTavish, Donald G; Jacobson, Jean; Malik, Nitya; Williams, Joshua; Almquist-Minko, VickieThis survey project collected data from households in seven counties of Northeast Minnesota, Crow Wing County, and the Port Cities of Duluth and Superior, WI, in order to study the current labor force and report on workers who might be available, under what conditions, and how they can be found. The report includes descriptions of survey findings, preliminary analysis of the data, and comparisons within the data. Factors in the better use of the effective labor force are also discussed. The first section of the report summarizes the report which is detailed in sections B and C. The appendix includes detailed tables that provide comparisons between under-employment, over-employment and mis-matched employment, plus tables contrasting characteristics of all employed and all unemployed.